Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-04-04

a daughter.
Glover.
Wesley Aldrich has been putting
in a Cooley Dreamer.
Miss. Carrie Prindle starts for the
Mountains this week.
W. Kelton has bought the Swazey
place, price about 5000.
John Grow is spending a few
weeks in town recruiting from a fever.
Remember the promenade concert
Thursday night; admission 10 cents.
Remember the meeting of the W.
c. 7. L. at Cong. Vestry, ? o'clock
Tuesday afternoon.
The Ladies' Mite Society will hold
a sugar festival Friday eve., Apr. 8,
at Institute Hail. Admission, Toe.
Miss. Abbie Garfield is in town
visiting friends she goes to Lyndon to
work for Mrs Richardson this sum-
mer.
We understand one of our farmers
tapped his sugar place before the
last big snow storm, guess he got his
buckets full.
The Treasure Seekers of the c. L.
S. c. will hold their next meeting
with Mrs. F. c. Clark on Monday
evening Apr. II,
There was no social meeting at
the NJ. E. Church Mar. p, pastor
and people preferring to attend the
meeting at Barton conducted by Will
lie Nc Gam.
Harley Drew has finished his large
lumber job for \. NJ. Lewis, doing
good work despite the deep snow, land
will put up the sawed lumber at the
mill.
O. V. Percival, who is keeping an
accurate measurement of the snow
fall, states that up to present time
Is feet and s inches have fallen. If
the winter should end by and by he
will give amount and details.
The Earnest Workers will meet at
the vestay, Friday. p. H., April 8th.
The NJ. E. quarterly meeting, held
yesterday, was one of the best ever
held in the new church, Rev. S. DON
aldson preaching two most excellent
sermons.
West Glover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Vance have
engaged to work for Ed. Cook the
coming season.
Mr.. Chas. Cutler, who has been
hard sick for the last two weeks, is
improving slowly.
Mrs. \. A. Lewis arrived here
from Fargo, Dakota, last Thursday,
and will remain here some time visit
ing friends. Mr.. Lewis is expected
in June.
GreensbOrO-
March has already passed and
storms still prevail. There is
great depth of snow and hugh drifts
everywhere and many persons ex-
claim, "We never had such a winter
for snow as this" Whoever kept a
record of the storms that prevailed
during the months of Jenuary, Febru-
airy and March, 1862, will by COM
parison find that the storm of 1887
are duplicates of twenty-five years
ago. | find in a diary of that date
such records as these of frequent oc-
currence: 1.-TWO feet of snow has
fallen it is still showing and drift
ing;' then for day or two, "Roads
badly blocked; no passing;" then
"Men shoveling and blowing road, !"
only to be quickly followed by more
snow and wind. During the month
of April the storms were less severe,
but the sleighing lasted until nearly
May. May ? appears this entry:
'Rained all day men shovelling
drifts so the stage can go through on
After that the snow gradual
" disappeared and fruitful season
followed. The snow was drifted so
around the buildings that winter that
people dug canals from the house to the
barn and highways, in some instances
was resorted to, and the
fences were below the road. Under
date of November 10, 1862, appears
this entry: Showing and blowing
drifts four feet in the road just north
Of the village" The trains on the
Passumpsic railroad delayed by snow
drifts from Feb. 24th to the 26th.
This last item was dated at Fair
lee, Feb. 26, 1862.
Thomas Boothman is sick with
Bright's disease. Rev. j. E. Farrow
s on the sick list.
Mrs. Benz. Hall has been called to
West Derby on account of the Sc
we're illness of her daughter, Mrs.
Leslie Heath.
Alfred Waterman, Andrew Apple
pee, Herbert and Elma Pinney have
gone to New York to work in the ice
business. The New Workers seem
% appreciate the ability of Vermont
ers to stand the rigors of this cool
md heavy work. We know something
about it up this way
The Supt. has the temperance text
books and the District clerks can OPP
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